Henry Ward Beecher
I can say no thank you to ice cream. I wouldn't waste money gambling. I can have one cocktail and know that is enough. I'm even pretty good at not buying plants. But books? How can I resist? Recently, I've bought a few online and a few in the bricks-and-mortar bookstores. And because I love seeing everyone's purchases and bookshelves, I thought you might like to see the titles. My bookshelves are full. I had to place them on a shelf which had been used for something else. So, they have their own special place with my favorite bookends. They are right behind me as I sit at the computer.
I, too, love books, but I am an avid library user. I also belong to our Friends of the Library and we have a used book sale every year to raise money for our libraries - last year we raised just over $20,000 and I increased my own library! I love books being read to me on my MP3 player, but I still like to physically hold a book in my hand!
ReplyDeleteI am weak in wool shops, book stores and kitchen shops!
Peg, I'm even more hopeless at the library because they are all free! I never leave without way more books than I can finish in three weeks (or even six, if I renew). I love spending time going through the stacks of older books which I don't see in bookstores unless they are used shops. But I always feel sad that they are "buried" and not many people will find them.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Nan! I also bring home too many books from the library - and I'm a very slow reader these days! I love browsing other people's book collections too. I have catalogued some of mine (not yet complete), at Library Thing http://www.librarything.com/. It's a great way to keep track of what you have and of meeting others who share your tastes in literature.
ReplyDeleteOooh! I loved the pictures. I'm curious about Scaling Down and My Mother's Garden. I've heard good things about Three Bags Full. Look forward to your reviews. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat selection! I'm looking forward to hearing about The Sunny Side.
ReplyDeleteI've clicked on library thing, Lesley, and enjoyed what I've read. I tried cataloguing mine once, though not online. I used something called Booxter, but I got tired of doing it. :<) I had to enter the isbn, etc. and it was very time consuming. I mostly know what I have, but I like what you said about meeting other people who own the same books.
ReplyDeleteLes, thanks so much. My Mother's Garden is a collection of essays. And Scaling Down looked appealing to me, too. So pleased you've heard good things about Three Bags Full. It is a mystery from the sheep point of view!
Tara, The Sunny Side is also essays Milne wrote which were published in 1921. I so love old books.
Three Bags Full is great! I'd reread it, but I loaned my copy to my son . . .
ReplyDeleteI have Multiple Choice, but haven't read it yet. I may have to hunt it up and put it higher in my TBR stack. Isn't it the one about the mother and daughter in college at the same time?
ReplyDeleteI share your love for books and also your overfull shelves. I have to lay them in on top of others as I have nowhere to put them. I can only order online but think that may be a good thing. If I could drive to a bookshop, I might be in big trouble. LOL! I plan on looking up some of your titles which could be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI may take you up on the challenge and post a photo of my bookshelves, messy as they are, on my blog.
Anita, I'm pleased to hear that about Three Bags Full. Such an interesting idea.
ReplyDeleteKay, yes it is. I love Claire Cook's books.
Heidi, I love seeing people's shelves.